Arjan van Erkel is a Dutch former medical aid worker who was head of the relief mission for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Dagestan.
From August 2002 to April 2004, he was abducted by armed Muslim rebels. They held him for 607 days in terrible conditions. He did everything in order to get the best out of the situation. This by looking for connection with his abductors and by constantly reflecting on his own behavior. Here in the free Netherlands, Arjan has made it his mission to let people think about freedom and gives trainings and speeches about this subject. Freedom of thinking and acting as the basis of creativity and true cooperation. Trust to let things go, or to pick up and start.
